Cao Chun was about to fight Zhang He again, and a loud shout suddenly sounded in the Cao army's array: "Young General, let's be exhausted for a while, and I will meet him later!" ”

Cao Chun turned his horse back, only to see a horse flying out of the Cao army's array, with red phoenix eyes, green brocade robes, a face like a heavy jujube, and a body length of nine feet. Guan Yu rode his horse out of battle, danced his knife and took Zhang He directly, and shouted: "Hedong Guan Yun is here, Zhang He will come and die quickly!" ”

"Damn!"

Zhang He was furious, urging the horse to gallop forward, and the two horses intersected and fought like a marquee, and in the blink of an eye, thirty rounds passed without a win.

In the middle of Cao Jun's formation, Cao Ying gasped when he saw it, and said in a lost voice: "This person's martial arts are so good that he can fight with Yun Chang for thirty rounds without winning or losing!" ”

"Phew!"

Cao Ying's voice fell, Guan Yu suddenly shouted, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife weighing sixty-three catties in his hand had turned into a green dragon, slashing down towards Zhang He, Zhang He's expression was awe-inspiring, and he screamed with a spear to block, only to hear a loud bang, Zhang He only felt that his arms shook violently, and his chest was like being smashed by a giant hammer.

Zhang He's face turned pale in an instant, this scene was so familiar!

Ma Chao's hideous face ghostly floated in Zhang He's mind, and suddenly, Ma Chao's image and Guan Yu in front of him overlapped strangely. The battle with Ma Chao has seriously frustrated Zhang He's confidence as a general, and now it has finally caused bad results.

Guan Yufeng's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of coldness, and he actually gave up Zhang He, and patted the horse to take Yuan Shao directly.

Yuan Shao was taken aback, and hurriedly hid his face and ran into the formation, when the Hebei archers were eager to draw their bows and shoot arrows, Guan Yu's horse had already broken into the Hebei army alone, and the Qinglong knife rolled and waved, and the Hebei soldiers were like waves splitting and falling down their horses, and no one could stop Guan Yu for a moment.

Fortunately, the elite soldiers of Hebei desperately resisted, and Yuan Shao was able to avoid Guan Yu's pursuit, but he was killed by Guan Yu's chaotic rush, and the originally neat and rigorous Chinese army formation became chaotic in an instant, and the left and right armies didn't know what the situation of the Chinese army was? Is Yuan Shao alive or dead? I couldn't help but start to scratch too.

Cao Ying has experienced a hundred battles and uses soldiers like a god, how can he miss such a good opportunity! Immediately waved the army to cover the killing, the Hebei army was suddenly in chaos, was killed by the Cao army to lose the armor, defeated and fled, until Tian Feng led the follow-up army to arrive, the random arrows were fired to stop the formation, Cao Ying saw that the sky was dark, lest he be ambushed, so he led the army back to Guandu.

Yuan Shao harassed the remnants of the soldiers, and lost seven or eight thousand Hebei elite cavalry in one count.

In anger, Yuan Shao wanted to behead the "culprit" Zhang He to show the public (Yuan Shao thought that Zhang He single-handedly defeated Guan Yu to attract the defeat of the Hebei army), fortunately Tian Feng, Feng Ji, trial and others desperately blocked, Yuan Shao spared Zhang Yi's life, but let people whip moss twenty military sticks in public to vent their anger.

After this defeat, the Hebei army lost all its sharpness, and then fell into a confrontation with Cao's army in Guandu, and no one could help anyone in a short time.

……

On the official road from Yiyang to Wancheng, more than 10,000 Cao troops were slowly moving south.

In the Chinese army column, two personal soldiers carried a soft couch, and the brocade mattress covered on the soft couch was suddenly lifted, Guo Jia poked his head out of the quilt, and asked with a pale face: "Where is this?" ”

The captain of the pro-soldier who followed him responded: "Military advisor, Yiyang has already passed." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough......" Guo Jia coughed violently again, and said to the captain of the pro-soldiers, "Go, invite General Cao Hong." ”

"Yes."

The captain of the pro-soldier led the order, and before he had a meal, Cao Hong drove his horse to Guo Jia's soft couch and asked, "The military advisor is called, I don't know what to order?" ”

Guo Jia gently wiped the filth from the corners of his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, and said with a wheez: "General Zilian, you don't have to continue to go south. ”

"Huh?" Cao Hong was stunned and said, "Why is this? ”

Guo Jiadao: "This military division has another important task entrusted to you to complete. ”

Cao Hong said: "But ......"

Guo Jia said: "This matter is very important, whether you can kill the horse butcher or not depends on you, the general." ”

Cao Hong's expression was solemn, and he said in a condensed voice: "Rely on the orders of the military advisor." ”

Guo Jia trembled and took out a bag from his arms and handed it to Cao Hong, and said with difficulty: "The general can lead two thousand elite soldiers to leave the road, copy the road overnight through Songshan and Xuanyuan Mountain and go straight to Ye County, after arriving in Ye County, the general can open this bag, and then you will know what to do." ”

Cao Hong said: "Please rest assured that the last general will not be dishonored." ”

Guo Jia said: "The general must remember that you only have three months, and you must complete the tasks in the bag within three months, if you are short of manpower, you can recruit nearby homeless, and if necessary, you can even forcibly drive the people for your use, but after the task is completed, you must remember to kill people!" ”

When he said this, Guo Jia's expression seemed a little clear, even hideous.

Cao Hong's eyes showed hesitation, and he said, "Strategist, this ......"

Guo Jiadao: "This battle is a life-and-death competition between the division of the army and the horse butcher, either the horse butcher dies, or the division of the army dies, the situation is as dangerous as an egg, General Cao Hong does not have to have too many scruples, besides, the general is just acting on orders, everything is ...... Naturally, there is a military division to take responsibility. ”

Cao Hong said: "Command." ”

Guo Jia waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Cao Hong arched his hand to Guo Jia, turned around and walked away, Guo Jia let out a long sigh, and the whole person was relieved, and collapsed back on the soft couch. The tomb where the horse butcher is buried has been opened, and everything is going according to Guo Jia's plan, but the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, can this battle really turn the tide and kill the horse butcher in one fell swoop?

Guo Jia looked up at the long sky, the sky was gray, and the goose-featherlike snow was falling from the sky, Nanyang ...... Finally, the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter came.

……

Wancheng, Ma Yuezhongjun's big tent.

In the hurried footsteps, Ju suddenly went straight into the big tent and said to Ma Yue and Jia Xu: "Lord, military advisor, Cao Jun has already passed Yiyang!" ”

Ma Yue's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Cao Jun came so fast, at least half a month faster than expected!" ”

Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems that Cao Jun's military rations are even more short than expected, hehe." ”

Ma Yue said: "Jutu, how many Cao Jun came?" ”

Ju Tu said: "At least fifteen thousand! ”

"Fifteen thousand!?" Ma Yue's eyes were cold, "This is half of the troops left behind in Luoyang and Yingchuan to guard Cao's army, Cao Yingduan's good courage!" ”

Jia Xu said: "It seems that Cao Ying did not overestimate his strength, and he never thought that he could defeat Yuan Shao and the lord at the same time. Cao Ying, this is going to abandon the son! Trying to contain the army of the lord with this desperate attack of the partial division, so as to buy time for the main force of Cao's army in Guandu to defeat Yuan Shao. ”

"That is to say, Cao Ying doesn't think that this partial division can win our army, and he doesn't care whether Hangu Pass and Luoyang will be lost, Cao Ying's purpose in sending this partial division is just to delay our army for a few months, so as to buy time for the main force of Cao's army in Guandu to defeat Yuan Shao." Li Su took Jia Xu's words and said with a smile, "It seems that Cao Ying treats Yuan Shao as a soft persimmon, and decides to defeat Yuan Shao first, and then pack up the army and turn back to fight with the lord, but Yuan Shao's soft persimmon also has an army of 300,000, and the strength alone is ten times that of Cao Ying, can he pinch Cao Shao?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Although Yuan Shao has an army of 300,000, he may not be able to win Cao Shao's 30,000 elite soldiers!" ”

Ma Yue said: "It's not about winning, it's about losing!" Battle of Guandu...... Yuan Shao will be defeated! ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?" Jia Xuqi said, "The lord is so sure? ”

Ma Yue said: "If there is no external force to intervene, it will only be a matter of time!" ”

Jia Xu said: "There is a serious shortage of military food for the Cao army, and it may not even last for three months!" ”

Ma Yue said: "This is precisely the turning point of the battle of Guandu!" ”

A hint of depth flashed in Jia Xu's eyes.

Ma Yue snorted coldly and said: "However, all the efforts of Cao Ying, Guo Jia and Xun Yu cannot change a cruel fact, Cao Ying faced the attack of two powerful neighbors with a weak force, and the huge gap in strength could not be made up by relying on strategy and strategy, even if Cao Ying could win the battle of Guandu, he would have already lost!" ”

Li Su was puzzled: "Why is this? ”

Jia Xu said: "The young general's eight hundred iron cavalry generals are like a sharp boning knife, cutting Cao Ying's territory into scattered and broken pieces, even if Xun Yu who stayed in Xuchang has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he can no longer raise enough grain and grass to maintain Cao Ying's army." ”

"Without grain and grass, even if Cao Ying wins the battle of Guandu, how will he face the lord's Liangzhou army?"

……

Mangdang Mountain.

Fa Zheng, who was wearing a fox fur hat, stepped on the thick snow and came to a hut, and said to the inside: "Young General, the horse has found prey again." ”

"Crunch."

The chai door opened, and Ma Chao, who was disheveled, came out of the door, rubbed his hands and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

Fa Zhengdao: "More than two hundred people, forty or fifty carts, judging from the traces of ruts on the snow, ten of the cars are grain. ”

Ma Chao's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, and he suddenly shouted, "Someone." ”

"What does the general command?"

A sturdy soldier flashed out from behind the hut, and it was none other than Han De.

Ma Chao said coldly: "Han De, immediately gather the brothers and prepare to rob!" ”

"Yes!"

Han De responded violently, turned around and walked away quickly.

……

At the foot of Mangdang Mountain.

On the official road from Huainan to Xuchang, more than 50 ox carts lined up in a long line, and were walking under the escort of more than 200 Cao troops, each ox cart was tightly wrapped in sackcloth, and the sackcloth was full of snow, judging from the traces left by the ruts on the official road, the weight of the cart was obviously not light.

In the distance, on the snowy gentle slope, a horse like a wolf, lonely waiting on the slopeside, was staring coldly at the convoy of the winding forward, until the convoy approached within a hundred paces before turning away, only a moment after the disappearance of the gentle slope, the sound of horses' hooves startled two rows of jackdaws foraging in the snow, quacked and flew into the distance.

"Stop!"

The county lieutenant who led the army suddenly raised his right arm and stopped the convoy behind him.

The two tun chiefs hurried over and asked, "My lord, why don't you leave?" ”

"Something isn't quite right!" The county lieutenant vigilantly searched the vast snowfields around him, and said in a condensed voice, "The county commander said that there have been several batches of grain transportation teams that have had accidents in this vicinity, so we better be careful." Tell the brothers to be on guard and take precautions! ”

The tun chief asked, "My lord, which way did the thieves do this?" Hasn't the Yellow Turban Thief been exterminated a long time ago, how can there be a thief in this Mangdang Mountain Realm again, and dare to rob the military rations, how can this happen? ”

The lieutenant of Xiyang County said: "I don't know who did it, the personnel responsible for escorting the grain and grass, whether it is a soldier or a coachman, were all poisoned, and there was no one left alive!" In short, this is a group of ruthless and murderous thieves, which is different from ordinary thieves. ”

"Huh?" Tun Chang shivered excitedly, and said in a mouthful of words, "No...... Don't leave a living mouth? ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

Tun Chang's voice fell, and the sound of horns suddenly sounded on the white slopes around him, and the lieutenant of Xiyang County, the commander of Tun and more than 200 soldiers of the Cao Army looked around in shock, only to see that the empty mountains around were lonely and snowy, and they didn't even see a ghost shadow, only the long and long horn sounded non-stop.

"Look, look!" A sharp-eyed soldier pointed sharply to the left front and cried out in horror, "There! Front, Horse ...... It's a horse thief! ”

More than 200 soldiers of the Cao army turned their heads in shock, looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and saw a horse standing on a low gentle slope like a ghost, the north wind shouted, and the black hair scattered behind the horseman's head was waved, and the volley flew wildly, both vigorous and fierce and full of cold murderous aura.

Suddenly, the horse thief raised the black, blunt knife in his hand.

"Purr~~"

"Puff~"

"Whoa~"

The heavy gasps of the horses rang out, and one after the other rode out from behind the hillside, centering on the fierce and wild horse thief who had appeared at first, and stretched towards the two wings, until at last the entire ridge on the left side was already crowded with black horse thieves.

The face of the county lieutenant of Xiyang County suddenly turned gray, the horse thieves, it turned out to be a group of horse thieves!

The leader of the horse thieves led the blunt knife in his hand forward, and hundreds of horse thieves rushed down from the mountain beam with a roar, the horses' hooves were moving, the snow was splashing, and hundreds of black blunt knives reflected the long sky of winter to reflect the palpitating color of death, and the more than 200 Cao soldiers who were guarding the grain transport team looked around in panic and instinctively began to retreat.

After all, it was just a group of county soldiers who had never been on the battlefield, and they were frightened just by seeing this formation.

"Don't be afraid, hold down!" The county lieutenant waved the long sword in his hand and shouted hoarsely, "It's just a group of horse thieves, a rabble, nothing to fear!" Go back, all fucking back, hold the convoy ......"

"Woohoo!"

A canopy of arrows swept into the air, and in an instant, the county lieutenant of Xiyang County was shot into a hedgehog, and as soon as the county lieutenant died, more than 200 Cao troops suddenly scattered as birds and beasts, and fled in all directions, however, on this vast snowfield, how could two legs run over four legs? In less than a meal, more than 200 Cao Jun were killed by horse thieves like chopping melons and vegetables.

The horse thieves set fire to fifty carts and left the corpses away.

……

Xuchang, Xiangfu.

Xun Yu's expression was gloomy, and he was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands.

Every time Cao Ying led a large army to go out, he would leave Xun Yu in Xuchang to preside over the overall situation, Guo Jia was Cao Ying's most important arm in the military, and Xun Yu was the most relied on pillar in Cao Ying's internal affairs!

In the third year of Jian'an, Tao Qian's general Zhang Kai killed Cao Song, Cao Ying raised troops to conquer Xuzhou in order to avenge his father, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong suddenly rebelled and welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou.

But this time, Xun Yu really ran into a problem.

"My lord, the prime minister has sent another letter urging him to ask for military rations." When Xun Yu was anxious, the young prime minister Bo Yangxiu hurriedly stepped into the hall and handed the book in his hand to Xun Yu, "The prime minister said in the letter that even if Guandu's military rations are frugal, they are only enough to last for three days, and if you don't try to raise military rations, the front-line soldiers may have the worry of mutiny." ”

Xun Yu took the book and hurriedly read it, and responded indifferently: "I know, you go down first." ”

Yang Xiu waved his hand, turned around and exited the hall.

Xun Yu sighed softly, sat down behind the table, spread out the book and was about to write a reply to Cao Ying, when hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall again, and this time it was the general who stayed in Xuchang. Cao Ying and Guo Jia led the army to the expedition, and Yu Ban led an army of 8,000 to stay in Yingchuan to protect the safety of the Xuchang court.

Yu Ban hurriedly walked into the hall and said to Xun Yu: "Mr. Xun Yu, something happened." ”

Xun Yu's heart sank, and he asked calmly: "General Yu Ban, what's wrong?" ”

Yu Bandao: "I just got the news that the grain transport team from Xiyang County was also looted in Mangdang Mountain, and like the grain transport team that had accidents in the previous few accidents, the two hundred and twenty county soldiers who escorted the grain and grass were all killed, leaving no one alive, it is obvious that this was done by the same gang of horse thieves." ”

Xun Yu was silent, and only sighed after a while: "Eventful, eventful." ”

Yu Ban hurriedly said: "Mr. Xun Yu, we must find a way to exterminate this gang of horse thieves!" Otherwise, the military rations of Huainan and Xuzhou will never be able to be transported, and when the time comes, not only will the military rations of the prime minister's army not be able to help, but even the city of Xuchang will run out of food, and something will definitely happen if this continues. ”

Xun Yu said: "But this is a group of horse thieves who come and go without a shadow and plundering thousands of miles, the prime minister and the military division have led the army to the battle, and the general's 8,000 elite soldiers have to guard the entire Yingchuan County, but also stabilize the situation in Xuchang, the troops are already stretched, how can they still draw out the army?" Taking a step back, even if 12,000 soldiers can be transferred and left in Yingchuan are all infantry, how can they catch up with this gang of horse thieves? ”

Yu Ban said: "Then what now?" ”

Xun Yu said: "In this way, the general first sent troops to send the last surplus grain in Xuchang City to Guandu to relieve the prime minister's urgent need." The official will write an urgent letter to the prime minister, and it is best to send a few hundred elite horsemen back to eliminate this gang of horse thieves as soon as possible, although this gang of horse thieves is not many in number, but it is extremely harmful. If you don't try to eradicate it early, the prime minister's great cause is likely to be damaged in the hands of this gang of thieves! ”

Yu Ban said: "The last general will go to transfer soldiers to escort military rations." ”

……

Guandu, Cao Jun's camp.

Seeing that the grain and grass in the army were running out, but Xun Yu did not send troops to transport the grain for a long time, Cao Ying couldn't help but be anxious, and summoned Xun You, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye to the big tent of the Chinese army overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Cao Ying looked around at the three of them and asked, "The food and grass in the army are about to run out, and the three major armies are afraid of mutiny, so what can they do?" ”

Xun You and Liu Ye were relatively speechless.

Only Cheng Yu's eyes flashed with a terrifying cold glow, and he said to Cao Ying: "My lord, now the people have no choice but to make human breast for the soldiers to eat." ”

"Breast?" Cao Ying was stunned and said, "Human breasts! ”

"No, this plan is a big harm to the heavens and the peace, absolutely not."

Xun You and Liu Ye also looked at each other in shock, and looked at Cheng Yu in some surprise.

Cheng Yu said in a gloomy voice: "The military situation is like fire, and I can't take care of it anymore!" Yu Yuan led an elite army to pretend to go into the mountains to hunt, but in fact, he searched for hunters, woodcutters, old and young men and women in the mountains, killed them, took all their meat to make jerky, and brought them back to the barracks for the soldiers to eat, so as to solve the worry of the lack of military food. ”

"My lord, by all means." Liu Ye was so anxious that tears were about to fall, and he knelt down in front of Cao Ye and said, "The people are innocent, why should they harm their lives?" ”

Xun You also persuaded: "If you fail, I am afraid that you will be spurned by the world!" ”

Cheng Yu insisted: "Lord, it's urgent!" ”

Cao Ying's little eyes widened, and when his eyes flashed again and again, and he was about to make a decision, Cao Chun suddenly stepped into the tent and said loudly: "Lord, the military rations have arrived!" ”

"Whew!"

Cao Ying's expression was relieved, he breathed a long sigh of relief, his round eyes slowly closed again, Liu Ye and Xun You also let out a sigh of relief at the same time, and shook their heads with palpitations.

Cao Chun said again: "Lord, there is also an urgent letter from Mr. Xun Yu here. ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying stretched out his hand and said, "Take it and take a look." ”

After reading the book, Cao Ying's eyebrows tightened again, and said to Xun You and the others: "Wen Ruo wrote that a group of murderous horse thieves appeared in the area of Mangdang Mountain, and several grain transport teams that transported military food from Huainan and Xuzhou to Xuchang were looted, and now the military food of Huainan and Xuzhou cannot be transported to Xuchang at all. ”

Xun You said without thinking: "This must be the horse butcher's trick!" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Yes, the horse butcher was born in a rogue, and being a rogue is his old job." ”

Xun You said: "I think that the horse butcher personally led a small group of cavalry into the Central Plains alone may have a small surname, but the possible surname of Ma Chao, the younger brother of the horse butcher clan, is very big!" The number of this gang of horse thieves will not be too much, at most a thousand people, but the harm is indeed not small, not only seriously threatening the grain route from Huainan and Xuzhou to Xuchang, but also seriously affecting the stability of the Xuchang court. ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying nodded and said, "When you are alone, you should ride to suppress it, Gongda thinks it is appropriate to send how many fine horses?" ”

Xun You said: "If you send fewer troops, you may not be the opponent of horse thieves, and if you send more troops, it will affect the decisive battle with the Hebei army, so I think it is appropriate to use a thousand horses!" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Another general needs to be sent to lead the army, otherwise I am afraid that it will not be the opponent of Ma Chao!" ”

Cao Ying said: "Zhong De thinks who in the army can beat Ma Chao? ”

Cheng Yu said: "It must be General Guan Yu, but the lord needs to send another confidant to assist him." ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Let Guan Yu lead the five hundred school swordsmen of the headquarters (can fight on the horse, can do it when dismounted, and is a real elite) to Mangdang Mountain to fight for thieves, and then send Xiahoude (Cao Ying's son) as Guan Yu's deputy general, and lead five hundred light horsemen to go together, how about it?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "The lord is wise. ”

……

Guan Yu's military tent.

Guan Yu was wiping the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in the tent, and his henchman Hu Ban suddenly lifted the curtain and entered the tent and said to Guan Yu: "General, the prime minister is invited." ”

"Oh?" Guan Yu raised his head, the five strands of long hair were windless, and the narrow Danfeng eyes also opened slightly, and a terrifying shock swept away, and asked Hu Bandao, "Do you know what happened?" ”

Hu Ban said: "I heard that there is a group of fierce and abnormal horse thieves in the area of Mangdang Mountain, and the prime minister wants the general to lead the army to beg. ”

"Mangdang Mountain?" Guan Yu's slightly narrowed Danfeng eyes suddenly widened, and his sharp black eyes turned sharply to the outside of the tent, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, go to the prime minister's big tent." ”

……

Thirty miles north of Guandu, Yuan Shao's camp.

Yuan Shao was pretending to read the military book in the tent when he suddenly saw the strategist rushing in.

Yuan Shao asked: "Zhengnan is not exhausted in the tent, what is the important matter of coming late at night?" ”

The judge replied: "My lord, Xu You's family is causing trouble and disturbing the people in Yecheng, and they have already let the servants of the lower officials raid their homes. ”

Yuan Shao said disapprerovingly: "Just for this matter, copying Xu You's home, Zhengnan is too fussful, right?" ”

The judge said: "Lord, this is not a trivial matter, a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, countless silk and satin, and many rare antiques were found from Xu You's house, all of which Xu You has robbed and illegally gathered over the years. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shao said movingly, "There is such a thing? ”

The judge said: "Xu Yu has done evil, please punish the lord severely." ”

"Father." The voice of the trial fell, and Yuan Shang, who was only eighteen years old, suddenly stepped into the tent and said angrily, "Father, Xu Yu has rebelled against Cao Ying!" ”

"Huh?"

The judge was taken aback, Yuan Shao smelled it, and said angrily: "Xianfu (Yuan Shangbiaozi) What did you say? ”

Yuan Shangdao: "Xu Yu defected to Cao Ying. ”

"This Xu You!" Yuan Shao was furious and said to the judge, "Zhengnan, quickly send someone back to Yecheng, cut off Xu You's family and abandon the city, no, destroy the three clans!" ”

"Command."

The judge agreed, and hurriedly went.

……

Guandu, outside Cao Ying's big tent.

Cao Ying held Guan Yu's hands, shook them vigorously, and said extremely sincerely: "Yun Chang, please." ”

Guan Yu said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister, Yu will kill that gang of horse thieves!" ”

Cao Ying let go of his hand, stroked his hair and said with a smile: "Lonely here, I would like to congratulate Yun Chang Jiayin." ”

Guan Yu clenched his fists and said in a loud voice: "The last general will leave." ”

With that, Guan Yu turned around and walked away quickly.

It wasn't until Guan Yu's figure disappeared into the night that Cao Ying retracted his gaze, and walked back to the military tent alone, it was already late at night, but Cao Ying was completely sleepy, and just sat down to read a few military books, Cao Chun hurriedly broke into the big tent again, and said urgently: "The last general grabbed a soldier and claimed to be the old friend of the lord." ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying said movingly, "Who do you call yourself?" ”

Cao Chun said: "The person who came called himself Xu You. ”

"Xu You? Ziyuan? Didn't he work under Yuan Shao's account? Cao Ying said this, suddenly came to his senses, stood up suddenly with great joy, and the military books stacked on his knees suddenly scattered to the ground with a bang, Cao Ying didn't have time to pick up the military books and rushed out of the tent barefoot, and asked Cao Chundao while running, "Where are the people?" ”

Cao Chun said: "It's outside the tent." ”

Cao Ying hurried out of the tent, and saw a middle-aged man with a short figure and a locked appearance standing under the firelight, the man was tied his hands behind his back, and he was struggling desperately, shouting while struggling: "It's not a thin annihilation, it's the prime minister's old friend, how dare you be so rude?" How unreasonable! ”

"Oops, oops, isn't this Xu Ziyuan?" Cao Ying rushed to Xu You in three steps and two steps, and then pretended to find out that Xu You was tied up, and shouted angrily to the pro-soldier who held Xu You, "Presumptuous, Mr. Xu You is an old friend of Lonely, you dare to be so rude, and you still don't let go of Lone!" ”

"Yes!"

The two pro-soldiers agreed, and hurriedly untied Xu You.

Xu You reached out and touched his arms that were tied by ropes, and raised his head extremely unpleasantly: "Ah Pu, is this how you treat the old man?" ”

[Note: Xu You, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Miao, who was killed by Cao Ying, were all Cao Ying's fox friends and dog friends, and when they were young, they were idle in Luoyang City, and they specialized in causing trouble, so Xu You dared to call Cao Ying's nickname "Ah Pu". ]

Cao Chun was furious, and wanted to draw his sword, but Xu Yu was stopped.

Cao Ying didn't care, stroked his palm and smiled: "Misunderstanding, it was a misunderstanding just now, Lone is here to make amends to Ziyuan, Ziyuan, please talk in the account." ”

Xu You earned enough face, and then he entered Cao Ying's military tent with satisfaction.

Cao Ying entered the military tent, respectfully invited Xu Yu to take a seat, and then laughed and said: "Lone Zheng has no plan, and he has to come from afar to vote, and the matter is harmonious, hahaha." ”

Xu You smiled coldly and asked Cao Ying, "Ah Pu, is your army running out of food?" ”

Cao Ying said: "There is still half a year of surplus grain. ”

"Half a year?" Xu You sneered, "I'm afraid I won't be able to last even half a month, right?" ”

Cao Ying was shocked: "How did Ziyuan know? ”

Xu You didn't answer and asked: "Yuan Shao's soldiers are many generals, and there is enough grain and grass, but your soldiers are few and small, and the grain and grass are not enough, how can you resist?" ”

Cao Ying gave Xu You a long look and said, "Ziyuan is Yuan Shao's confidant, he knows that Yuan Shao is detailed, and he wants to ask for advice. ”

There was a cold light flashing in Xu You's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "If you want to defeat Yuan Shao, you must first burn his grain and grass!" ”

Cao Ying said: "I don't know where Yuan Shao's army is located?" ”

Xu You said: "Three hundred miles northeast of Guandu, Wuchao!" ”

"Good!" Cao Ying was overjoyed and hurriedly said to Cao Chun, "Zihe, quickly summon all the generals to come to the big tent to discuss matters!" ”

"Yes!"

Cao Chun agreed and took the order.

Xu You said to Cao Ying: "Ah Pu, how should you thank me after the matter is completed?" ”

Cao Ying said: "One hundred taels of gold? ”

Xu Yu was silent.

Cao Ying said again: "100 beauties? ”

Xu Yu was still silent.

Cao Ying stroked his palms and laughed: "Hahaha, Ziyuan, Gu Zhiyi, if you can defeat Yuan Shao in this battle, you should be the third prince and a very human minister, what is it?" ”

Xu You smiled slightly, with a smug look on his face.

……

Lujiang, Anhui County.

Although it was late at night, Sun Jian's bedroom was still brightly lit.

Zhou Yu pointed to the map on the table and said to Sun Jian: "My lord, as the military advisor said, there are only three possible outcomes in the Central Plains melee, or Yuan Shao enters the Central Plains; or the horse butcher enters the Central Plains; Or Yuan and Ma fighting, Cao Ying shrinking into a corner, harshly breathing, in view of these three possible situations, our army must make corresponding preparations. ”

Sun Jian's eyes showed a look of expectation, and he said solemnly: "Gong is ready to speak." ”

Zhou Yu said: "If Yuan Shao enters the Central Plains, then Jiangbei is in a hurry, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, Wanggui Hainei, can be described as a famous family, Yuan Shao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the world, Huainan Meicheng, Lei Xu, Xuzhou Chen Gui, Chen Deng, Sun Qian, Cao Bao and so on are afraid of returning from the wind, and our army can not compete with it." ”

Sun Jian thought deeply and nodded heavily.

Zhou Yu said: "Our army should take the opportunity to take Jingzhou and Xichuan in the west, and rule the river with Ma Butcher and Yuan Shao!" When the north was in turmoil, Yu led a partial division out of Hanzhong, Bo Fu (Sun Ce) led the elite soldiers out of Jingxiang, the lord led the army out of Huainan, and the three-way army marched together to the Central Plains in the north, and the world can be determined! ”

Sun Jian's eyes showed excitement and asked, "If the horse butcher enters the Central Plains, what will he do?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "The horse butcher is notorious, murderous like hemp, spurned by the corporal clan in the world, even if he enters the Central Plains, it will not last long, this God gives the lord Yan, Yu, Xuzhou, the lord should personally lead the army out of Guangling, Bo Fu rate out of Huainan, can be effortless to get the Central Plains, Xuzhou!" ”

Sun Jian said: "Will the horse butcher willingly give up the Central Plains? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Of course the horse butcher will not be reconciled, but he has no choice but to give up the Central Plains!" ”

Sun Jian said: "Then what? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Then the lord can tie up with Yuan Shao in the north to fight against the horse butcher, and then send the elite soldiers to the west to take Jingzhou and Xichuan, so that the world has two thirds of the lord, and it will be swept away, and the great cause can be expected." ”

Sun Jian said again: "If Yuan and Ma fight, and Cao Ying shrinks into a corner, how should he deal with it?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "In fact, what Yu is most worried about is that there will be such a situation, which may be the smallest, but it is the most unfavorable to our army. ”

Sun Jian said: "How do you say this? ”

Zhou Yu said: "If Yuan and Ma fight, it will be difficult for Cao Ying to gain a foothold in the Central Plains!" With Cao Yingzhi's ability to try to find a place to settle again, his preferred target is probably Jingzhou, Liu Biao is old, and the two sons are not successful, Cao Ying is afraid to borrow the corpse to seek Jingzhou, and then use Jingzhou as a springboard to take Xichuan west. ”

"Cao Ying, Xiao Xiongye, Liu Biao has his help, our army's plan to take Jingzhou and Xichuan in the west may be frustrated, if Yuan Shao finally defeats the horse butcher and enters the Central Plains, then the world is divided into four parts, the horse butcher is based on the northwest, Yuan Shao is based on the Central Plains and Hebei, and Cao Ying is based on Jingzhou and Xichuan, and the lord can only be partial to the east corner of the Jiangdong."

……

(To be continued)